"The Sunday after Magic Johnson announced his HIV-status, Jim Mitulski preached a sermon on being tired of people dying. We're sharing it as an interlude, a pause, and an immersion into one moment in AIDS' bleak midwinter. For images and links about this episode visit https://www.heavenpodcast.org/interlude. In the sermon Rev. Mitulski refers to ARC. That means AIDS-Related Complex, a diagnostic category meant to indicate an earlier stage of HIV infection than AIDS. It was common in the period to hear references to both AIDS and ARC."
"When We All Get to Heaven is produced by Eureka Street Productions. It is co-created by Lynne Gerber, Siri Colom, and Ariana Nedelman. Our story editor is Sayre Quevedo. Our sound designer is David Herman. Our managing producer is Krissy Clark. Tim Dillinger is our consulting producer and Betsy Towner Levine is our fact-checker. We had additional story editing help from Sarah Ventre, Arwen Nicks, Allison Behringer, and Krissy Clark."
The Sunday after Magic Johnson announced his HIV status, a sermon centered on exhaustion over the loss of lives during the AIDS crisis. The piece functions as an interlude and an immersion into a bleak midwinter moment of the epidemic. The sermon references ARC, defined as AIDS-Related Complex, indicating an earlier stage of HIV infection than AIDS, and notes that both terms were commonly used in the period. The presentation includes the song "Old Devil Time" with AIDS verses, cites John 11:1-44 as the biblical passage, and lists production credits, resources, and supporting organizations.
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